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What would happen if the continental crust and the oceanic crust went into each other?
In a convergent plate collision between continental and oceanic plates, the more dense oceanic plate would subduct, or move underneath, the less dense continental plate, eventually melting into the mantle at the leading edge.
What are the three types of convergent plate boundries?
The three types of convergent boundaries are when two plates meet and two oceanic plate meet, or where an oceanic and continental plate meet.the three types of convergent boundaries are continent boundaries , continent - ocean boundaries, and last but not least............. ocean boundaries
What explains the observation that when a continental and oceanic plate collide the oceanic plate dives down under the continental plate?
This phenomenon, known as subduction, occurs because oceanic plates are denser and thinner than continental plates. When the two plates collide, the denser oceanic plate is forced beneath the less dense continental plate due to gravitational pull. This process results in the oceanic plate descending into the mantle, leading to the formation of deep ocean trenches and volcanic arcs.
What is the process in which fragments become embedded or stuck to a continental plate?
Fragments become embedded or stuck to a continental plate through the process of accretion, where pieces of oceanic crust or island arcs are added to the edge of a continent. This can happen through subduction, where the oceanic plate is forced beneath the continental plate, or through collision, where two plates come together and the fragments become attached to the continental margin.
When oceanic plates drop back away from continental plates what happens?
A few things could happen. The separation could leave a gap in the two plates, and if the plate is deep enough, magma could rise and cool. Also depending on how high the magma rises, it could either add to the land or add to the ocean floor, most likely the ocean floor. The continental plate may also continue to move with the oceanic plate, as the crust is resting on the wobbly viscous asthenosphere.
What happen when a plate carrying oceanic crust collides with a plate carrying continental crust?
The contiental cdrust is forced under the continental crust in a process called subduction.
What happens when a continental plate and an oceanic plate meet?
Earthquakes, tsunami's. you name it and it could happen
What happens when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate?
Earthquakes, tsunami's. you name it and it could happen
What happen a train collides with ajeep?
What happens when a car collides with a beer can? Answer - the same thing.
What would happen if the continental crust and the oceanic crust went into each other?
In a convergent plate collision between continental and oceanic plates, the more dense oceanic plate would subduct, or move underneath, the less dense continental plate, eventually melting into the mantle at the leading edge.
A seafloor plate collides with a continal plate.what will happen?
The oceanic plate (sea-floor plate) is denser than the continental plate, so the oceanic plate will be pulled under the continental plate (subduction) and into the upper mantle, creating an underwater volcano.
Do earthquakes happen when a continental or oceanic plate moves over a hot spot?
Earthquakes happen because of continental plate shifts. Oceanic plate shifts cause title waves.
What are the three types of convergent plate boundries?
The three types of convergent boundaries are when two plates meet and two oceanic plate meet, or where an oceanic and continental plate meet.the three types of convergent boundaries are continent boundaries , continent - ocean boundaries, and last but not least............. ocean boundaries
How did the Chilean earthquake happen?
the oceanic plate crased into the continental plate.
What will happen if a seafloor plate collides with a continental plate?
When a seafloor plate collides with a continental plate, the denser seafloor plate will typically be subducted beneath the continental plate. This process can create deep ocean trenches, volcanic arcs, and earthquakes. It may also lead to the formation of mountain ranges on the continental plate.
What are the types of collisions that happen at convergent boundaries?
Subduction (where one plate is forced beneath another less dense plate - may occur at oceanic-oceanic and oceanic-continental boundaries), obduction (where oceanic plate is forced over a continental plate) and orogenesis where two continental plates collide and mountains are formed (e.g. the Himalayas).
Can continental lithosphere subduct?
Not usually, as the rock they are made of (mostly granite) is too light to sink into the mantle (mostly denser basalt). Small fragments of continental crust can get entrained in a subducting oceanic plate and be dragged down into the mantle as that plate subducts. Where continental crust collides with oceanic crust, it always floats forcing the oceanic crust down and causing it to subduct. Where continental crust collides with continental crust, both plates crumple and compress dramatically, being forced upward into unusually high mountains (e.g. the Himalayas) and downward into deep continental roots that support the weight of those mountains. Nothing subducts in this case. But whole continental plates subducting does not happen, while much more oceanic plate area has been subducted in the history of the earth than the total surface area of the earth.
